Western Michigan Broncos football
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Western Michigan Broncos football is the NCAA Division I FBS college football program representing Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Western Michigan Broncos | 2 |
| Western Michigan Broncos football canonical | 2 |
| Western Michigan Broncos football (assistant) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8660767 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Western Michigan Broncos football Context triple: [Western Michigan University, hasSportsTeam, Western Michigan Broncos football]
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A.
Northern Michigan Wildcats football team
The Northern Michigan Wildcats football team is the collegiate football program representing Northern Michigan University in NCAA Division II competition.
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B.
Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey
Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey program representing Western Michigan University, competing in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and known for producing professional-level talent.
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C.
Michigan State Spartans football
Michigan State Spartans football is the collegiate football program of Michigan State University, known for its rich history in the Big Ten Conference and intense in-state rivalry with the University of Michigan.
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D.
Michigan Wolverines football
Michigan Wolverines football is the University of Michigan's storied college football program, renowned for its winning tradition, iconic rivalries, and production of numerous NFL players.
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E.
Saginaw Valley State Cardinals football
Saginaw Valley State Cardinals football is the collegiate football program of Saginaw Valley State University, competing in NCAA Division II and known for producing NFL coach Matt LaFleur.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Western Michigan Broncos football Target entity description: Western Michigan Broncos football is the NCAA Division I FBS college football program representing Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference.
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A.
Northern Michigan Wildcats football team
The Northern Michigan Wildcats football team is the collegiate football program representing Northern Michigan University in NCAA Division II competition.
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B.
Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey
Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey is the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey program representing Western Michigan University, competing in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference and known for producing professional-level talent.
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C.
Michigan State Spartans football
Michigan State Spartans football is the collegiate football program of Michigan State University, known for its rich history in the Big Ten Conference and intense in-state rivalry with the University of Michigan.
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D.
Michigan Wolverines football
Michigan Wolverines football is the University of Michigan's storied college football program, renowned for its winning tradition, iconic rivalries, and production of numerous NFL players.
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Saginaw Valley State Cardinals football
Saginaw Valley State Cardinals football is the collegiate football program of Saginaw Valley State University, competing in NCAA Division II and known for producing NFL coach Matt LaFleur.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NCAA Division I FBS team
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college football team ⓘ |
| 2016Achievement | undefeated regular season ⓘ |
| 2016BowlGame | Cotton Bowl Classic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 2016BowlOpponent | Wisconsin Badgers football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 2016ConferenceTitle | Mid-American Conference champion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 2016FinalRankingAP | 15 ⓘ |
| 2016FinalRankingCoaches | 18 ⓘ |
| 2016Record | 13–1 ⓘ |
| athleticDirector | Dan Bartholomae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Kalamazoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conference | Mid-American Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| division | MAC West Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fightSong | Fight Broncos Fight ⓘ |
| firstSeason | 1906 ⓘ |
| goesByAbbreviation |
WMU
NERFINISHED
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Western Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ |
| governingConference | Mid-American Conference football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMarchingBand | true ⓘ |
| hasProducedNFLPlayers | true ⓘ |
| hasWonConferenceTitle | true ⓘ |
| homeFieldSurface | FieldTurf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeStadium | Waldo Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Kalamazoo, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marchingBand | Bronco Marching Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mascot | Buster Bronco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlumnus |
Corey Davis
NERFINISHED
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Greg Jennings NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Babin NERFINISHED ⓘ John Offerdahl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSeason | 2016 ⓘ |
| playsInDivision | Football Bowl Subdivision NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rival |
Central Michigan Chippewas football
NERFINISHED
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Eastern Michigan Eagles football NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rivalry |
Central–Western rivalry
ⓘ
Michigan MAC Trophy rivalry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rivalryTrophy | Victory Cannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Western Michigan Broncos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| stadiumCapacity | 30000 ⓘ |
| stadiumLocation | Kalamazoo, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan (most of state)
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surface form:
Michigan
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| subdivision | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teamColors |
brown
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gold ⓘ |
| teamNickname | Broncos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| university | Western Michigan University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Western Michigan Broncos football Description of subject: Western Michigan Broncos football is the NCAA Division I FBS college football program representing Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Collegiate Hockey Conference (men's ice hockey)
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hasMember
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Western Michigan Broncos football
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subject surface form:
National Collegiate Hockey Conference
this entity surface form:
Western Michigan Broncos
this entity surface form:
Western Michigan Broncos football (assistant)